John Hirschbeck
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John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Hirschbeck canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T260555 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hirschbeck Context triple: [2013 World Series, umpireCrewChief, John Hirschbeck]
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A.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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B.
John Pleffer
John Pleffer is an Australian architect best known as the husband of acclaimed film director Gillian Armstrong.
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C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hirschbeck Target entity description: John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
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A.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
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B.
John Pleffer
John Pleffer is an Australian architect best known as the husband of acclaimed film director Gillian Armstrong.
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C.
Marc Ewing
Marc Ewing is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the open-source software company Red Hat.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as the Attorney General of Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball umpire
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Division Series assignment
ⓘ
League Championship Series assignment ⓘ MLB All-Star Game assignment ⓘ World Series assignment ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-09-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Central Connecticut State University ⓘ |
| employer | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| endTime | MLB umpiring career 2016 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports officiating ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | professional sports ⓘ |
| hasHealthIssue |
back problems
ⓘ
testicular cancer ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | sports official ⓘ |
| hasPart | umpire uniform number 17 ⓘ |
| hasRole |
All-Star Game umpire
ⓘ
World Series umpire ⓘ
linked to:
The Umpire
|
| knownFor | on-field confrontation with Roberto Alomar in 1996 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterReconciledWith | Roberto Alomar ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Major League Baseball umpire crew
ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Baseball umpires
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| notableFor |
long MLB umpiring career
ⓘ
officiating multiple World Series ⓘ serving as MLB umpire crew chief ⓘ |
| occupation | Major League Baseball umpire ⓘ |
| officiatedIn |
1995 World Series
ⓘ
2006 World Series ⓘ 2010 World Series ⓘ 2013 World Series ⓘ Major League Baseball postseason games ⓘ
linked to:
MLB playoffs
|
| participatedIn |
Major League Baseball All-Star Games
ⓘ
linked to:
MLB All-Star Game
Major League Baseball postseason ⓘ
linked to:
MLB playoffs
|
| placeOfBirth | Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| positionPlayedOnTeamOrSpeciality |
crew chief
ⓘ
home plate umpire ⓘ |
| relative | Mark Hirschbeck ⓘ |
| residence |
Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio
|
| retired | 2016 ⓘ |
| sibling | Mark Hirschbeck ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| startTime | MLB umpiring career 1984 ⓘ |
| woreNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| workedFor |
American League
ⓘ
Major League Baseball umpiring staff ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Baseball umpires
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Hirschbeck Description of subject: John Hirschbeck is a former Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the league for decades and officiated multiple World Series.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.